November 8, 2022NomineeJ. B. PritzkerDarren BaileyPartyDemocraticRepublicanRunning mateJuliana StrattonStephanie Trussell1 more row
A Republican, she is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district. She has run for governor of Illinois, and for U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.
On February 22, 2021, Bailey announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois in the 2022 gubernatorial election. Later on, Bailey announced that his running mate for Lieutenant Governor would be former WLS-AM 890 talk radio host Stephanie Trussell.
Louisville, ILDarren Bailey / Place of birthLouisville is a village in Clay County, Illinois, United States, along the Little Wabash River. The population was 1,136 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Clay County. Wikipedia
J. B. Pritzker (Democratic Party)Illinois / GovernorJay Robert "J. B." Pritzker is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 43rd governor of Illinois since 2019. Wikipedia
Republican PartyDarren Bailey / PartyThe Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Wikipedia
J. B. Pritzker (Democratic Party)Illinois / Governor
PoliticianDarren Bailey / ProfessionA politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by extension its people. Broadly speaking, a politician can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in a government. Wikipedia
The 109th district, located in the Illinois Wabash Valley, includes all or parts of Albion, Allendale, Bellmont, Bone Gap, Bridgeport, Browns, Burnt Prairie, Calhoun, Carmi, Cisne, Claremont, Clay City, Crossville, Dieterich, Enfield, Fairfield, Flora, Golden Gate, Grayville, Iola, Jeffersonville, Johnsonville, Keenes, ...
Member of the Illinois Senate since 2021Darren Bailey / Office
Mary Kathryn MuensterJ. B. Pritzker / Wife (m. 1993)
Jeanne M. Ives (née Remmes, born October 4, 1964) is an American politician. A Republican, she is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district. She has run for governor of Illinois, and for U.S. Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.
Ives served three terms in the Illinois House, from 2013 to 2018. She ran in th…
Ives is the third oldest child, of six, of William H. Remmes and Geraldine Remmes. She graduated from Vermillion High School in South Dakota in 1983. She attended the United States Military Academy and served as an officer in the United States Army. Later, Ives served on the Wheaton City Council.
Ives was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2012.
Ives said on a 2017 radio show, "My best work is actually getting traction on killing legislation that is bad ... which is what my role is as a member of both first the super minority and then the minority." Five of Ives' 134 bills become law, according to the Illinois General Assembly records.
On October 28, 2017, Ives announced that she would challenge incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary to become Illinois Governor. Her running mate was former State Representative Richard Morthland of Cordova, Illinois. Ives agreed with Rauner on traditional Republican issues like pension reform, term limits, and lower property taxes; her major policy differences with Rauner were on social issues.
In July 2019, Ives announced that she would run for the U.S. House in Illinois's 6th congressional district. Ives was opposed in the primary by Evelyn Sanguinetti, who dropped out of the race in October 2019, and surgeon Jay Kinzler. In March 2020, Ives won the Republican nomination, setting up a general election against Democratic incumbent Sean Casten.
In October 2020, the New York Times reported that Ives had paid $55,000 over the preceding thr…
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• The Governor You Don’t Know: The Other Side of Bruce Rauner, by Chris Cleveland. (Jameson Books, Inc.: Ottawa, Illinois). 2018. ISBN 978-0-89803-183-6
• Official website
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Profile at OpenStates.org
• Profile at Ballotpedia
• The Governor You Don’t Know: The Other Side of Bruce Rauner, by Chris Cleveland. (Jameson Books, Inc.: Ottawa, Illinois). 2018. ISBN 978-0-89803-183-6.